Course No. 740 (32 lectures, 45 minutes/lecture) Taught by Robert Greenberg San Francisco Performances Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley 1. Introduction and Words and Music, I 2. Introduction and Words and Music, II 3. A Brief History of Vocal Expression in Music, I 4. A Brief History of Vocal Expression in Music, II 5. Invention of Opera and Monteverdi's Orfeo, I 6. Invention of Opera and Monteverdi's Orfeo, II 7. Invention of Opera and Monteverdi's Orfeo, III 8. Invention of Opera and Monteverdi's Orfeo, IV 9. The Growth of Opera, the Development of Italian Opera Seria, and Mozart's Idomeneo, I 10. The Growth of Opera, the Development of Italian Opera Seria, and Mozart's Idomeneo, II 11. The Growth of Opera, the Development of Italian Opera Seria, and Mozart's Idomeneo, III 12. The Growth of Opera, the Development of Italian Opera Seria, and Mozart's Idomeneo, IV 13. The Rise of Opera Buffa and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, I 14. The Rise of Opera Buffa and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, II 15. The Rise of Opera Buffa and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, III 16. The Rise of Opera Buffa and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, IV 17. The Bel Canto Style and Rossini's The Barber of Seville, I 18. The Bel Canto Style and Rossini's The Barber of Seville, II 19. Verdi and Otello, I 20. Verdi and Otello, II 21. Verdi and Otello, III 22. Verdi and Otello, IV 23. French Opera, I 24. French Opera, II 25. German Opera Comes of Age 26. Richard Wagner and Tristan und Isolde, I 27. Richard Wagner and Tristan und Isolde, II 28. Late Romantic German Opera—Richard Strauss and Salome 29. Russian Opera, I 30. Russian Opera, II 31. Verismo, Puccini, and Tosca, I 32. Verismo, Puccini, and Tosca, I